Artist grants (such as Mass Cultural Council's fellowships) often require that submitted work be original, not a translation, adaptation, or interpretation of work by another artist. But where the dividing line resides between original and interpretation is not always so clear. What about art that begins as an adaptation or interpretation but then veers into entirely new … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Dec 12
We're past Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday. Now maybe... Fellows Notes Monday? Whatever the occasion, here's the latest news from our past MCC awardees. Claire Beckett, Fred H.C. Liang (also the curator), and Stephen Tourlentes are all featured in Inside Out 2012 at the Inside Out Museum, Beijing (thru 12/31). The late Karen … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Oct 12
Here's some spook-tacular news about the current goings-on with past MCC fellows/finalists. (Actually, it's not really spooky at all, but, you know, Halloween month and everything... just tryin' to get in the spirit!) Read about FLUX. Boston's show Elsewhere, featuring Elizabeth Alexander, Matt Brackett, Chris Faust, Scott Listfield, and other artists. Kathryn Burak, … [Read more...]
Adrienne Hawkins: Choreopoetry
Ok, this is what we here at ArtSake would dub a not to miss opportunity. Impulse Dance Company Artistic Director Adrienne Hawkins, in collaboration with Regie Gibson and Akili Jamal Haynes, will present the new work Life's, lessons .... Learned or (When my soul looks back) A Choreopoem at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum this coming Thursday, August 9th (which by the way, … [Read more...]
Fellows Notes – Aug 12
Our monthly news from MCC Fellows/Finalists, like a cool, invigorating breeze to part the humid August haze... Laura Chasman, Andrea Sherrill Evans, Caleb Neelon, and August Ventimiglia are all featured in Time Flies: Two Years at Drive-By in Watertown, through August 25, 2012. Elizabeth Alexander's Still Life: a fabricator's banquet will be installed at The Cape Ann … [Read more...]